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Chief justice Mogoeng questions ConCourt candidate s friendship with Pravin Gordhan 14 April 2021 - 10:48 By Tania Broughton Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says minister Pravin Gordhan s question about judge Dhaya Pillay s performance during the first round of ConCourt interviews in 2016 stuck in his mind. File photo. Image: Freddy Mavunda Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng revealed on Tuesday that former finance minister Pravin Gordhan had approached him to ask how “his close friend” judge Dhaya Pillay had fared after she had just completed an interview for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeal. The exchange occurred in 2016, when Pillay, who sits on the KwaZulu-Natal bench, was unsuccessful for a position on the court. ....
Gordhan hits back at allegations that he tried to influence Chief Justice Mogoeng By Ntombi Nkosi Share Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan has denied ever influencing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng saying he respects his independence. In a statement released promptly a day after revelations emerged that he had discussed judicial matters with Mogoeng including asking the Chief Justice about the performance of his friend, KZN Judge Dhaya Pillay on the JSC interviews, Gordhan said: I have only ever engaged the Chief Justice in my official, professional capacity on several occasions, regarding matters such as: “Recommendations of the Commission on the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, at a time when the fiscus was constrained due to the impact of the global financial crisis; a courtesy, on the appointment of retired judges to perform certain functions (for example, on the appointment of retired Judge Ngoepe as the Tax Ombud); the separation of the bud ....
Here are the 5 who’ve survived being grilled for two ConCourt vacancies 14 April 2021 - 11:22 By Franny Rabkin Five judges have been recommended for appointment to the Constitutional Court. File photo. Image: GCIS The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) announced on Wednesday that it recommended Supreme Court of Appeal justices Mahube Molemela, Rammaka Mathopo and Gauteng High Court judges Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, Jody Kollapen and Bashier Vally for appointment as justices to the Constitutional Court. The candidates were selected from eight interviewed on Monday and Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa will choose two from the list. The candidates who did not get the nod were judges Dhaya Pillay, from the KwaZulu-Natal high court division, and David Unterhalter from the Gauteng division, as well as senior counsel Alan Dodson. ....
WATCH: EFF members gather in Hillbrow as Floyd Shivambu arrives to lay corruption charge against Pravin Gordhan By Ntombi Nkosi Share Johannesburg: A large contingent of EFF members gathered outside Hillbrow police station in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning, picketing and singing Struggle songs before the party s deputy president Floyd Shivambu laid corruption charges against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Holding placards that read Pravin is anti-black , the members accompanied Shivambu to the station where he walked inside shortly after 11am. Gordhan is accused of an attempt of âtrying to influence the appointment of KwaZulu-Natal Judge Dhaya Pillayâ. On Tuesday, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said Gordhan had approached him on matters he could not recall and, in passing, had asked him how his friend, Judge Dhaya Pillay, had done in the interview with the Judicial Service Commission for a position at the Constitutional Court. ....
Pravin Gordhan explains meeting with CJ Mogoeng Mogoeng Pravin Gordhan has denied insinuations that he tried to influence the appointment of his friend, Judge Dhaya Pillay to the Supreme Court of Appeal, by setting up a meeting with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan is clearing the air after Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng that he had approached him to ask how “his close friend” judge Dhaya Pillay had fared after she had completing an interview for a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2016. Pillay failed to make the cut, in her bid for the post. ....